Russia Cracks Down On Undesirable Groups - huffingtonpost.com
Excerpt from this article:
"Putin, who has adopted an increasingly conservative stance since
returning to the Kremlin for a third presidential term in 2012, said he
would not allow the West to use civil rights groups to foment unrest in
Russia. Russia has accused the West of engineering the overthrow
of Ukraine's pro-Moscow president Viktor Yanukovich last year through
its support for NGOs."
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Here is an excerpt from How Many People Did Stalin Kill? (historyofrussia.org)
"Before the collapse of the Soviet Union led to the opening of state
archives to researchers, estimates of the number of people killed under
Stalin’s leadership varied dramatically, from 3 million at the lowest
end, to around 60 million at the top end. Post-Soviet research has shown that the number of deaths is probably around 20 million
– still a horrific number. The records are not particularly accurate
in many ways, though, and although a rough consensus seems to be
emerging that 20 million deaths is a reasonably accurate figure, the
topic is still subject to much debate."
Recommended video:
A Complete History Of The Soviet Union To The Melody Of Tetris
Recommended reading:
Gun Control Thoughts For Today (my post)
